Journey to the centre of the Earth

As the sun beat down in the hot midday dessert in Arizona. The plan was to look for oil through the middle of the sand but what they found would shock and surprise even the most experienced sub-terrainian archaeologist.

The dig begun in intense heat on the afternoon of June 6^th 1911. The plan was to begin the dig at 11am but a sandstorm pushed the beginning back to 3pm. Conditions were not perfect but the explorer Timothy Jones was not overly concerned as he had a deadline from Washington which was beginning to become pressing. Jones and his team begun to drill for the air pocket in the first sub-terrainium layer of rock

What they found there surprised them, animal fossils believed to be dinosaurs and early amphibian species meant the archaeological side of the expedition was a success all they needed now was for drilling and speculating for oil to come good.

Despite working out of Washington Timothy Jones was a hardnosed Texan redneck. All he had been planning over the past three years of the planning stage of the expedition was in the balance and truly dependant on black gold/oil. Yet problems lay ahead for Timothy Jones as drilling for oil was complex and Jones was caught off guard by the difficult nature of the variety of modern operations given the fact this was a journey to the centre of the earth, Jones knew this would take time and it would be okay those he cared mostly about always got out of trouble because he knew things were difficult. Indeed he understood the time pressures placed on the origin of the operation meant his team was truly struggling and this led Jones to take the view striking oil would be a major success for the team, yet in reality the difficulties meant only bones discovered on site would bring proper success to the expedition. Not only was Timothy Jones under a time pressure but he also understood the financial budget was under pressure.

Indeed when they continued to dig a strange underground oasis was discovered that led to water being discovered underground oasis was discovered that led to water being discovered underground, a truly miraculous effort given that although oil was the target the rareness of water meant the find was a truly magnificent one. 1920’s Arizona was going through a drought and explorers had been drawn to the area via prospecting for gold and oil into two prospectors and drilling Indeed Jones knew too much money was being spent preparing the dig but knew he had to press on with the project to keep his bosses happy.

We have a reading on the oil boss came the upbeat answers from Jones’ loyal left tenant Rhodri Hughes, a headstrong Alcohol happy Welsh driller The oil was located 200 metres below the service  and Early 20^th century technology did not make for easy access Jones gave Hughes and his team of twelve permission to begin digging for gold. It was important for Jones to get the dig correct because new discovery was important and could bring wealth and prosperity to the dig. The exploration begun at 9:30 am Timothy Jones and Rhodri Hughes started the descent and soon found something very exciting carved into the caves were ancient Manchurian tablets which represented a fantastic archaeological discovery which made the team screech with joy, as the discovery meant the expedition was a success. They continued to dig down in a rickety old train.

Tuble de thump tubble de thump tubble de thump went the rickety train as Hughes and Jones trundled below ground to attempt to extricate gold from below ground. The extrication was difficult because the drillers had to work hard to find oil and gold but at the centre of the expedition was the idea to extricate the gold and use a new invention to channel oil which in the twenties was a new discovery up to the service 200 metres above their heads.

This was not easy geophysics the problem was they were using new techniques in prospecting and with such depths they were dealing with the oasis of water although welcome as a lake made the prospect of digging for gold and oil, a very difficult challenge indeed.

So it was faced with limited funds the biggest achievement was to continue believing anything is possible because dreams can come true even if challenges in life are difficult and hard than in many respects like a pioneer of their age the discovery of gold and oil could change peoples’ lives bringing wealth and prosperity to their nation allowing for wealth and success to enter their lives, both Jones and Hughes had worked well for their company and now their fortune allowed them to live comfortably with their families